Letters | St. Joseph's, health care website and school shooting

St. Joseph's

St. Joseph's has given so much to this community over its long history. Not only has it provided a safe home for generations of Louisville's children, its great lawn has served as a gathering place for the community, and the Orphans' Picnic has marked the passing of summer for decades. We now have the privilege of sending our two children to St. Joe's Child Development Center where they have thrived. As members of the St. Joe's family, we were disheartened to learn of the conduct of its former trustees and the unfortunate litigation that has ensued.

We were shocked to learn that the trustees of this wonderful institution enjoyed lifetime tenure. How can a place as vibrant and vital as St. Joe's continue to grow when its leadership is allowed to stagnate? Without a regular changing of the guard, agendas are set and relationships form that are detrimental to the organization's mission. The deterioration of the leadership placed the future of the organization in peril.

To the former trustees: Thank you for your service. You have undoubtedly contributed to the betterment of our community. But it is time to reconsider your motivations. You have lost sight of your obligations, and undermined the mission of St. Joe's.

To the current trustees: Thank you for having the courage to intervene. We hope that you will carry the legacy of St. Joe's forward. We also hope that you take the time to address the problems that led to the atrophy of the former board, and keep St. Joseph's and the children it serves at the forefront of all your decisions.

LAURA LANDENWICH and

ANDREI MOLDOVEANU

Louisville 40206 -

Web site problems

Having been in information systems management for 40 years, I am incredulous that the president didn't know the Obamacare web site was in trouble. A project of this magnitude would have had multiple status reviews at the highest levels and the warning signs would have been clearly visible. If the president didn't ask the right questions then he was asleep at the helm of his signature piece of legislation. If he did and was not not given straight answers, then heads should roll. Which was it?

TONY FORTWENGLER

Louisville 40223 -

Senseless shooting

Another senseless shooting, this time in a school by a child. One teacher murdered, two other children injured. The teacher was a former Marine. He died protecting the children he taught.

How did this child get his hands on a gun? Apparently it belonged to an adult in the household. It was accessible to anyone including this grade school child. Too much accessibility and little accountability for the owning and use of a dangerous weapon.

If we are going to allow almost anybody to own a gun, should we not hold them accountable for what happens as a result of owning this gun?

As dangerous as it for our society to encourage the universal ownership of guns, it is folly for the victims of this societal lunacy not to have recourse against those who are ultimately the cause of both accidental and premeditated gun incidents.

What of the manufacturers and distributors of these fun toys, do they have no culpability ? What about the politicians who cater to a very vocal minority? What about the rest of us who allow this to continue?

Who is to blame for the death of this teacher and the injuries to grade school children?

MIKE BERMAN

Louisville 40207 -

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Letters | St. Joseph's, health care website and school shooting

St. Joseph's has given so much to this community over its long history.